Bahíyyih Khánum, the Greatest Holy Leaf: A Compilation from Bahá’í Sacred Texts and Writings of the Guardian of the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum’s Own Letters

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…The news of the Memorial Service you
had held for the Greatest Holy Leaf gave him the
assurance that the friends are faithfully sharing his
grief and are demonstrating in a befitting manner
their profound devotion to one whose very life was
an example of faithfulness and sincerity, of self-abnegation
and love.

The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is,
indeed, both a calamity and a blessing. It is an
overwhelming calamity since it has deprived us of
the presence in our very midst of the last Remnant of
that Heroic age of the Cause that gave birth to so
many noble and faithful souls. The mere presence of
our beloved Khánum among us was a source of
inspiration and blessing. And now that she has gone
we cannot too deeply deplore the immensity of our
loss.

But thanks to God for having released her, after so
many long years of agonizing pain, of the bondage
of this world and given her the priceless privilege of
being in direct communion with God.

May her everlasting spirit continue to guide our
efforts and enable us to serve a Cause, for which she
suffered so much, with all our might, our enthusiasm
and hope.
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